Fail and Marry

Played for Laughs when the ballet instructor threatens his students that they will have to marry him if they fail their task.

Source: And Now You Must Marry Me
Frances, who is leaning heavily on Cohn to marry her, having seen his literary magazine fail to take off as she had hoped and instead focusing on the notion that her fading looks mean she is running out of time to marry and settle down.

Source: Literature / The Sun Also Rises
What they often fail to consider is that everyone else has the same idea, leading to a scarcity of women, that might lead to their son not being able to marry at all.

Source: Original Position Fallacy

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